Camp Pike, Ar. Ewing Incorporated, Official Photographers, Sept. 30, 1918. Regularly-spaced heavy creasing, center crease almost split through, some small chips and tears, minor soiling. A wonderful image but will require preservation. A captivating panoramic photograph featuring the African American members of the 74th and 94th "casual" companies of the..... More

San Antonio, Tx. 1956. Sepia-toned photographic collage, 10.25 x 7.25 inches. Minor wear and creasing, mounting remnants on verso. A handsomely-arranged photographic roster featuring a handful of officers (including two women) and the seventy-two female members of Squadron 3743, Flight W1 of the United States Air Force while in training..... More

[N.p., likely Camp Funston, Ks. ca. 1918]. 44pp. Original gray printed wrappers. Minor edge wear, some adhesive remnants and small abrasions on rear wrapper, likely resulting from removal from a scrapbook, previous owner's signature on front wrapper, "W.E. Howard." Soft vertical crease throughout. A pocket-sized book of regulations governing the..... More

Fort Knox, Ky. June, 1941. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 36 inches. Vertical creases throughout, minor edge wear. The African-American soldiers of Company A, 4th Battalion of the United States Army's Armored Force Replacement Training Center are pictured here along with their white officers who sit at center of the first..... More

[Kansas and Germany: early 1960s]. Twenty-two leaves, illustrated with 167 photographs, most mounted and captioned in white ink, with a handful of loose images and one cloth nameplate. Some images removed. Oblong folio. Contemporary dark blue leatherette, triple-ruled gilt borders on front cover, string tied. Faint manuscript title on front..... More

Great Lakes, Ill. 1945. Two panoramic photographs, 10 x 19.25 and 8 x 18.25 inches. Minor wear at corners; lower left corner of larger image partially stripped. Minor toning and dust soiling. A striking set of two panoramic photographs that comprise official portraits of African-American Naval Company 771 at the..... More

Mexico City: Imprenta de la Escuela Correccional, 1899. 62pp. Original pebbled cloth, front board printed in black. Light wear and soiling to cloth. Contemporary ownership annotation on title page; former institutional ink stamp on internal leaf. Even tanning internally. Scarce Mexican edition of the Laws of War as formulated by..... More

Portland, Or. 1944-1950. Nine items, totaling [29]pp. Staples, old folds. Minor wear, moderate toning. A very interesting group of reproduced typescript materials, produced and distributed by the pacifist wing of the Christian Scientist Church most in the aftermath of World War II. These documents include a short run of their..... More

Natchez & New Orleans: 1864-1865. Eighty-seven & sixty-three orders for each year, respectively. Lacking five for 1864 (1, 2, 70, 72, 90) and three for 1865 (27, 41, 44). Contemporarily stitched with ribbon. Minor soiling and wear to outer leaves. A few orders with manuscript signatures. Extensive run of General..... More

[Most likely Baton Rouge or New Orleans, La. 1864 or 1865]. Printed broadside, 14.25 x 6.25 inches, with text printed in two columns inside a decorative border. Old folds, even toning, minor foxing and creasing, small marginal chip to left margin. A Civil War commemorative poem in forty quatrains memorializing..... More

[Various locations, mostly in Georgia and Florida: mainly 1856-1876]. Sixty manuscript letters and documents, totaling approximately 110pp., plus a handful of drawings and a manuscript architectural sketch. Some wear and occasional chipping and minor losses to letters. Occasional minor repairs. An eclectic and wide-ranging archive containing unique reportage of antebellum..... More

Mancos, Co. & Germfask, Mi. 1943-1944. Eight [2]pp. issues. Mostly broadsheets, one issue stapled. Previously folded and mailed, with postage and ink stamps. Light wear, a bit heavier along folds. Moderate toning and occasional staining. Nickel-sized chip at right edge of a single issue, not affecting text. An eight-issue run..... More

Middletown, Ct. 1955. 32pp. Spiral bound small folio. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photo reproductions. Minor wear. A remembrance book produced by a group of conscientious objectors (COs) who worked at the Connecticut State Hospital mental hospital instead of joining the armed forces. In the introduction, they wrote: “Though it is..... More